An All Progressives Congress, APC, chieftain in Abia State, Chidi Ogbulafor has said the establishment of the South East Development Commission (SEDC) would check infrastructure deficit and marginalisation of the zone.
Ogbulafor made the assertion yesterday while speaking to journalists in Umuahia, the state capital, applauding President Bola Tinubu for approving the establishment of the commission.
The erstwhile chairman of Umuahia South local government, who described the commission as a dream come true for the zone, commended the president for his numerous records of successes in office.
His words: “The coming on board of the commission will go a long way to correct the many years of infrastructure deficit, neglect, and apparent marginalization of the zone. I salute President Tinubu.”
At the home front, he carpeted the governor, Alex Otti for deciding to operate from his Nvosi country home in Isiala Ngwa South local government area since his assumption of office in 2023.
The Action Congress of Nigeria 2011 candidate for Ikwuano/Umuahia federal constituency argued that the decision is having negative impacts on the government “including the governor’s absence.”
“The governor should reside and operate from Government House, Umuahia not his country home. Doing otherwise amounts to setting bad precedent for subsequent governors,” he noted.
He opined that no matter the level of dilapidation of the Government House, “Otti should have repaired even a minor part of it and operated from there to establish his presence in the capital.”
According to him, Otti is, unfortunately, following the footsteps of his predecessor, Okezie Ikpeazu, for which the former governor was criticized and condemned by the opposition.
Ogbulafor maintained that leaders should have it at the back of their minds that one of the prices they would pay is forfeiture of their personal luxury by living among those they’re leading to feel their pulse.
